[Natural Environment Research Council] invites you to submit your suggestions for a name for the new polar research ship, currently under construction at Cammell Laird’s yard in Birkenhead. The closing date for entries is 16th April 2016.

Submit your suggestion online here and tell us why your idea is suitable for a polar ship. NERC will apply to register the new ship as a Royal Research Ship (RRS) so the name format is RRS NAME. An expert panel will review all suggestions before making the final decision.

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This is why I’m not a Big Famous Researcher: I think “Boaty McBoatface” is an excellent choice.

Probably won’t make it, though, they will probably go with something staid and proper. And biography of the person it’s named for will be thoroughly combed-through so there’s no hint of Wrongthink anywhere in their past.

(It’s like much public art: it’s uninteresting precisely because it must not offend.)